Job Summary
The SAP ABAP Technical Support Consultant will provide technical analysis and defect-resolution support within an L1/L2 AMS environment. The consultant will perform code-level diagnosis, eligible minor corrections, testing and structured escalation for major development requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze:
- ABAP short dumps
- Application logs
- Failed background jobs
- Update terminations
- Workflow errors
- Interface and enhancement defects
- Performance-related technical incidents
- Debug custom and standard ABAP programs to identify root cause.
- Support functional consultants in diagnosing issues across MM, PP, EWM and related applications.
- Perform impact analysis across affected programs, interfaces, forms, workflows and enhancements.
- Implement approved minor code corrections within the defined support boundary.
- Prepare technical specifications, test evidence, transport records and deployment documentation.
- Conduct unit testing and support functional, regression and user-acceptance testing.
- Support CAB reviews and controlled production deployments.
- Conduct root-cause analysis for recurring technical defects.
- Recommend permanent corrective actions and preventive improvements.
- Prepare comprehensive handovers for major enhancements, architecture changes or extensive development.
- Maintain technical runbooks, known-error records and reusable diagnostic procedures.
Skill Requirements
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong hands-on SAP ABAP development and production-support experience.
- Experience with debugging, dumps, background jobs, workflows, interfaces and enhancement frameworks.
- Knowledge of reports, forms, BAPIs, RFCs, IDocs and user exits or BAdIs.
- Understanding of SAP transport and controlled deployment processes.
- Functional awareness of MM, PP or EWM processes.
- Experience in RCA, technical impact assessment and regression testing.
- Ability to distinguish minor support corrections from major development or design work.